Tag: Officials

Harassment galore at PLRA, claims female officer

--Assistant Director Irum Shahzadi says former PLRA DG’s ‘loyalists’ have made her life ‘miserable’ LAHORE: A Punjab Land Record Authority (PLRA) female officer has lodged...

NAB arrests Sindh Bank president, others in fake accounts case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested the president, vice president, director and ex-president of Sindh Bank in the fake accounts case. The joint...

FBR’s AC among four kidnapped in Tank

TANK: Unidentified armed men kidnapped four people, including Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Islamabad’s Assistant Commissioner Riaz Miani and three other officials, on Thursday. Police said...

NAB authorises inquiry against CDA officials in Park Lane scam

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorised an inquiry against officers/officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Tuesday, According to details, M/s Park Lane...

Punjab minister’s dubious visit to Kot Lakhpat Jail shocks officials

Another case of political interference in official matters has emerged after Punjab Minister for Prisons Zawar Hussain visited the Kot Lakhpat Jail late on...

President-elect advised to live in Punjab House 

ISLAMABAD: In order to carry forward his party’s austerity drive, President-elect Dr Arif Alvi is seriously mulling over a proposal to shift in the...

Tunisian energy minister, officials sacked over graft accusations

TUNIS: Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the energy minister, Khaled Kaddour, and four other senior figures linked to that ministry on Friday over...

Kenya arrests 17 officials amid graft investigation

NAIROBI: Kenyan authorities arrested the head of a government agency on Monday in a corruption investigation into the theft of nearly $100 million, a...

Government reinstates three officials alleged of registering 90 smuggled vehicles

KARACHI: The Sindh government finally on Saturday reinstated three powerful officers of the Excise and Taxation Department, who were earlier suspended on the recommendation...

Two ECP officers suspended for leaking map of delimitations

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suspended its two officers on the charge of leaking the map of delimitation of the constituencies. Deputy Director...

China hopes to increase coordination on North Korea with US: officials

BEIJING: China hopes both it and the United States can increase their coordination on the North Korea issue, China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi told...

Top Russian spy met US officials last week: report

WASHINGTON: Russia’s foreign spy chief, who is under US sanctions, met last week outside Washington with US intelligence officials, two US sources said, confirming...

Millions spent annually on govt residences spread on 2,600 kanals across...

Around 30,000 government and private employees deployed to facilitate residents   LAHORE: Millions are spent annually on the luxuries, maintenance and security of the government...

15 dead in Yemen checkpoint suicide attack

ADEN: At least 15 people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen run by local forces backed by the...

Badin municipal committee officials accused of selling water at inflated price

BADIN: Badin Municipal Committee official administrators on Thursday were accused of misappropriating millions in funds given for cleaning the ponds and also for selling...

IG directs police officials to sign affidavits about dual nationality

KARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khawaja on Wednesday directed all the police officials of Sindh to sign an affidavit (or certificate)...

Twin car bombs kill over 30 in Libya: officials

BENGHAZI: A double car bombing in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday left at least 33 people dead and dozens more wounded,...